ANALYSIS: Jets stayed on the ground while Avalanche elevated their playoff game - Winnipeg

After dropping Game 1 of the series, Colorado Avalanche head coach Jared Bednar philosophically answered a question about his team needing to be better the next time out. Colorado's goaltending — an area of concern down the regular season stretch and certainly after Game 1 — never faltered again. In other words, the Avalanche, only two seasons removed from winning the Stanley Cup, rose to another level after the first game and deflected the many pushes the Jets tried in earnest to generate to get back in the series, including Tuesday night. Winnipeg's star defenceman Josh Morrissey called the Avalanche the better team and spoke about how his club needed to learn and to improve from the disappointing experience of a playoff ouster in the first round for the second straight season.